TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Lottery is considering selling lottery tickets online or alongside ATMs to combat relatively flat sales of some of the more well-known games.

Lottery officials have asked companies seeking a contract worth at least $300 million to prove that they can sell tickets on the Internet or at ATMs and gas pumps. The lottery hasn’t officially announced that it is considering those changes.

TALLAHASSEE — Just six months ago, Gov. Rick Scott stood onstage outside the state Capitol basking in his hard-fought victory as he began his second term.

Scott boldly proclaimed in his inaugural address that the campaign was over, and while there would be “robust debates on the best direction for Florida” that “we should not let partisan politics, or any politics for that matter, get in our way.”

But that’s not been the case for the Republican governor who has grown isolated from many other Republicans in the GOP-dominated Sunshine State.

TALLAHASSEE — The drama over Florida’s former lieutenant governor, who was forced to resign more than two years ago, may be finally over.

The Florida Commission on Ethics on Friday unanimously approved a settlement with Jennifer Carroll where the one-time rising star in state Republican politics agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and admit she violated the state’s ethics law.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida voters could wind up having to choose between two rival proposals dealing with solar energy.

A group billing itself as Consumers for Smart Solar announced Wednesday that it’s launching a petition drive to place an amendment dealing with solar energy on the 2016 ballot. It will need to collect nearly 700,000 signatures by early next year in order to qualify.

But the amendment is aimed at trying to stop another proposal dealing with solar power.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida legislators passed more than 200 bills this year during their regular 60-day session and 19-day special session. Most of those bills take effect on Wednesday, the start of the state’s fiscal year. One of the new laws, a 24-hour waiting period for abortions, is being blocked by a state judge.

TALLAHASSEE — The Seminole Tribe of Florida told Gov. Rick Scott and other state officials on Wednesday that it will keep blackjack and other card games in place at its casinos despite the looming end of a deal the tribe inked five years ago.

After Scott and state legislators were unable to reach an accord with the tribe it appeared the Seminoles would be forced to drop the card games that have helped turned their casinos — including ones in Tampa and Hollywood — into some of the state’s most well-known gambling destinations.